Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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minclass
Minimum number of categories of characters that must exist in a passwordValue -
minlen
Minimum number of characters in passwordValue -
ocredit
Minimum number of other (special characters) in passwordValue -
retry
Number of retry attempts before erroring outValue -
ucredit
Minimum number of upper case in passwordValue -
Ensure PAM Enforces Password Requirements - Minimum Digit Characters
The pam_pwquality module's <code>dcredit</code> parameter controls requirements for usage of digits in a password. When set to a negative number, a...Rule Medium Severity -
Set Password Hashing Algorithm
The system's default algorithm for storing password hashes in/etc/shadow
is SHA-512. This can be configured in several locations.Group -
Ensure PAM Enforces Password Requirements - Minimum Different Characters
The pam_pwquality module's <code>difok</code> parameter sets the number of characters in a password that must not be present in and old password du...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure PAM Enforces Password Requirements - Enforce for root User
The pam_pwquality module's <code>enforce_for_root</code> parameter controls requirements for enforcing password complexity for the root user. Enabl...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure PAM Enforces Password Requirements - Minimum Lowercase Characters
The pam_pwquality module's <code>lcredit</code> parameter controls requirements for usage of lowercase letters in a password. When set to a negativ...Rule Medium Severity
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